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| | Bomb explodes in Saint Petersburg |
Tuesday 25 November, 2008 |
| Juventus' clash with Zenit St Petersburg this evening has been overshadowed by a bomb blast in the Russian city.
The Old Lady are in Saint Petersburg to take on Zenit in a Champions League encounter with their place in the last 16 already assured.
But the city has been rocked by a car bomb, which killed three people, reportedly including a child.
“A car exploded near the metro station Udelnaya at 8.55am,” a statement from official Andrey Alybayev read.
“The explosion could have been caused by a grenade and it killed three people, one of whom was a three-year-old.”
A minute's silence is likely to be observed before tonight's game at the Petrovsky Stadium.
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